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Prophet Ahijah the Shilonite
Sinaxarion

Hieromartyr

Lucius

Priest and martyr of Constantinople

A priest and martyr of Constantinople under Diocletian, a saint of the undivided Church, commemorated in the Roman Martyrology.

Feast
May 13old style May 26
Era
4th century
Place
Constantinople
Order
Martyrs

Life

Lucius was a priest and martyr at Constantinople, in the time of Diocletian and the proconsul Laudicius. According to the Roman Martyrology, he first endured many tribulations and torments at Amphipolis for confessing Christ, then was led to Byzantium and there suffered capital punishment. He is a saint of the undivided Church, commemorated in the Roman Martyrology.

Commemorated the same day May 13